Conversations with the Divine by Neil Helm - presented at Atlantic University's Spring Convocation, April 26, 2013

1. CONVERSATIONS
WITH
THE
DIVINE
ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
CULMINATING PROJECT
NEIL R. HELM
April 26, 2013

2. EACH BODY, SOUL, SPIRIT,
&
NDE IS UNIQUE
BUT
WE ARE ALL EQUAL
IN THE EYES OF GOD

3. NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE
DEFINITION—IANDS
“A LUCID EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATED WITH
PERCEIVED CONSCIOUSNESS APART FROM
THE BODY, OCCCURING AT THE TIME OF
ACTUAL OR THREATENED IMMINENT
DEATH.”

4. NDE DEFINITION
BRUCE GREYSON, MD
“PROFOUND PSYCHOLOGICAL
EVENTS WITH TRANSCENDAL AND
MYSTICAL ELEMENTS, ESPECIALLY
OCCURING TO INDIVIDUALS CLOSE TO
DEATH OR IN SITUATIONS OF INTENSE
PHYSICALLY OR EMOTIONAL DANGER’’

5. DEFINITION– NDE PROCESS
KENNETH RING Ph.D.
PEACE, SENSE OF WELL BEING, NO PAIN
CLUES OF DYING, OUT-OF-BODY, TRAVELS
THRU TUNNEL, HIGH LEVEL OF ALERTNESS,
MEETS AND SPEAKS TO PRESENCE, OFTEN
DIVINE IN NATURE, DECIDES OR IS TOLD TO
RETURN TO YOUR BODY
“IT IS NOT YOUR TIME”

6. ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS BURIED
THEIR DEAD FOR A JOURNEY

7. CLASSIC HINDU TEXT
RIG VEDA
1500 BC

9. EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

11. EARLY CHRISTIAN TEXTS
St. AUGUSTINE
AND ORIGEN
INCLUDED THE
DOCTRINE OF
REINCARNATION
--------------------------------WRITTEN OUT OF THE BIBLE
BY JUSTINIAN
COUNCIL OF
CONSTANTINOPLE
553 AD

12. THE EUROPEAN PLAGUE GREATLY INCREASED
THE CONCEPT OF DEATH AND DYING

13. UNCERTAINTY
OF
JUDEO-CHRISTIAN
LIFE AFTER DEATH

14. TODAY’S DEATH & DYING
IS
DRIVEN BY FEAR AND GREED

15. ELIZABETH KUBLER-ROSS

16. RAYMOND MOODY
Ph.D. MD
LIFE AFTER LIFE
FIRST CONTEMPORY
BOOK
ON
NEAR-DEATH
EXPERIENCES
1975

17. MOODY’S 15 AFTER EFFECTS
1. INEFFABILITY -- WORDS CANNOT DEFINE
2. SENSING YOUR DYING OR DEATH
3. FEELINGS OF PEACE & QUIET
4. HEARING UNUSUAL NOISE
5. SEEING A DARK TUNNEL

18. APPROXIMATELY
45 %
OF ALL NDEs
EXPERIENCE
TRAVELLING
THROUGH
THE
TUNNEL
TO THE
LIGHT

19. 6. OUTSIDE OF YOUR BODY
7. MEETING “SPIRITUAL BEINGS”
8. BRIGHT LIGHT “BEING OF LIGHT”
9. A PANORAMIC LIFE REVIEW
10. SENSING A LIMIT TO WHERE TO GO

20. BEINGS
WITH
HALF
DIVINE
NEARLY
COMMUNICATE
OF ALL
NDEs
NDES
OF ALL
HALF
WITH
DIVINE
BEINGS
NEARLY
COMMUNICATE

21. 11. RETURNING TO YOUR BODY
12. DIFFICULITY IN SHARING EXPERIENCE
13. YOUR LIFE IS PROFOUNDLY CHANGED
14. NO FEAR OF DEATH
15. VIVID MEMORY OF EXPERIENCE

23. 11. RETURNING TO YOUR BODY
12. DIFFICULITY IN SHARING EXPERIENCE
13. YOUR LIFE IS PROFOUNDLY CHANGED
14. NO FEAR OF DEATH
15. VIVID MEMORY OF EXPERIENCE

24. VIVID MEMORY OF NDE

25. OTHERS—RING, GREYSON, ATWATER
16. ALL KNOWLEDGE EXISTS
17. ONENESS WITH GOD
18. >SPIRITUAL -- <RELIGIOUS
19. UNIVERSAL LOVE

26. KNOWING ALL (OR MORE) KNOWLEDGE

27. THE
HEART
IS ALSO
INVOLVED
IN
GATHERING
INFORMATION
“INNER
KNOWING”
”

28. OTHERS—RING, GREYSON, ATWATER
16. ALL KNOWLEDGE EXISTS
17. ONENESS WITH GOD
18. >SPIRITUAL -- <RELIGIOUS
19. UNIVERSAL LOVE
20. SERVICE TO OTHERS

29. ONENESS WITH GOD

30. OTHERS—RING, GREYSON, ATWATER
16. ALL KNOWLEDGE EXISTS
17. ONENESS WITH GOD
18. >SPIRITUAL -- <RELIGIOUS
19. UNIVERSAL LOVE

31. KUNDALINI UNLEASHING OF CHAKRA ENERGY

32. MY
NEAR-DEATH
EXPERIENCE
SUMMER 1944
AGE 5

35. AU CULMINATING PROJECT
QUESTIONER
STATISTICS
E-mail Questioners sent:
118
E-mail Questioners received: 45

36. QUESTIONNAIRE
NUMBER
1.
CURRENT AGE
NDE AGE
ACCIDENT ILLNESS
OTHER
2. NDE—MEEETING A DIVINITY
3. TOLD/CHOOSE TO RETURN
4. AFTER AFFECTS OF NDE

37. GENDER OF QUESTIONERS
Males
Females
8
18%
37
82%

38. AVERAGE AGE OF QUESTIONER 62
AGE SUMMARY:
0-19
0
20-29
1
2.2 %
30-39
0
0 %
40-49
2
4.4 %
50-59
10
22 %
60-69
28
62 %
4
9 %
70-

39. AVERAGE AGE OF NDE
(FIRST) 26
AGE SUMMARY:
0-9
8
18%
(EARLIEST AGE 3, ONE 4, AND TWO AGED 5)
10-19
10
22%
20-29
10
22%
30-39
5
11%
40-49
5
11%
50-59
5
11%
602
4%
MULTIPLE NDEs 9
20%

40. REASON FOR NDE
ILLNESS
20 44.4%
ACCIDENT 14 31%
OTHER
11 24.4%
OTHER -- (2) GIVING
BIRTH,
(2) SUICIDES, (2)
OVERDOSE,
(2)
STRANGLED, FROZE TO

41. COMMUNICATIONS, MESSAGES, INNER FEELINGS, FROM:
LIGHT KNOWLEDGE GOD CHRIST ANGELS SPIRIT GUIDES
7
8
15.5%
17.7%
5
11.1%
1
2.2%
6
13.3%
2
4.4%

42. COMMUNICATIONS, MESSAGES, INNER FEELINGS, CONT.
COUNCIL OF ELDERS FAMILY FRIEND OLD SOLDERS UNKNOWN NONE
2
2
6
1
4.4%
4.4%
13.3%
2.2%
4
8.8%
1
2.2%

43. LIGHT
7
15%
n=45
KNOWLEDGE GOD CHRIST
8
17%
5
11%
21 QUESTIONNAIRS
1
2%
47%
*COMMUNICATE WITH THE DIVINE*

44. ANGELS SPIRITS CNCIL OF ELDERS
6
2
2
13.3%
4.4%
4.4%
n=45 10 Questioners 22%
COMMUNICATE WITH HIGHER BEINGS

45. FAMILY
2
4.4%
n=45
FRIEND(S) OLD SOLDERS
6
13.3%
1
2.2%
9 QUESTIONNAIRES
20%
COMMUNICATE WITH HUMANS
PASSED OVER

46. UNKNOWN
4
8.8%
n=45
QUESTIONNAIRES
8.8%
COMMUNICATED WITH
UNKNOWN BEINGS

47. NONE — NO COMMUNICATIONS
1
n=45
1 QUESTIONNAIRE 2.2%
ONLY 1 QUESTIONNAIRE
CHECKED NO BOX
NO COMMUNICATIONS
DURING NDE

48. QUESTIONNAIRES TOLD
TO RETURN TO THEIR BODY
n=45
Yes – 34 – 76%
No – 11 – 24%

49. QUESTIONNAIRES CHANGES AFTER NDE
CHOOSE TRANSPERSONAL JOBS, LIFESTYLES
n=45
YES -- 26 -- 58%
NO -- 19 -- 42%
(BASED ON VOLUTARY INFORMATION)

50. TRANSPERSONAL
LIFESTYLES